Gas Engineer

Babcock International; Guildford, Camberley; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP

Employee shopping portal

Payment of professional fees

Reservist leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is hiring a Gas Engineer to maintain and service gas and mechanical systems across a diverse estate. The role is hands-on, with planned and reactive maintenance, and an on-call rota after six months. Based at Minley near Blackwater, Hampshire, you’ll work 40 hours per week with early starts.

Essential qualifications include core gas safety certs and a full UK driving licence. The position demands careful fault finding and independent work in a security-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Commercial Gas Engineer with gas systems and boilers.
• Experience delivering planned and reactive maintenance activities.
• Ability to work safely within a busy operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and statutory compliance checks on gas and mechanical systems.
• Support mechanical asset replacement, upgrades and refurbishment.
• Repair, service and fault-find on commercial boilers and equipment.
• Maintain stock levels and inventories for mechanical maintenance.
• Undertake plumbing maintenance across the estate.

Skills

Gas engineering

Maintenance

Fault finding

Independent working

Education

COCN1 / CODNCO1 core gas safety

CCN1 / CENWAT / CPA1 / MET1

Full UK manual driving licence

Job description

Job Title: Gas Engineer

Location: Blackwater, Hampshire

Compensation: From £43,403 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75764

Keep vital infrastructure running and make a difference every day

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Gas Engineer at Minley, near Blackwater, Hampshire.

The role

As a Gas Engineer, you'll deliver planned, reactive and remedial maintenance across a diverse estate, supporting heating, ventilation, water hygiene, sanitary and drainage systems. This is a hands-on role where no two days are the same, offering the chance to work on a broad range of mechanical systems while contributing to an environment that supports national capability and operational readiness.

Day-to-day you'll be required to:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance, inspections and statutory compliance checks on gas and mechanical systems
• Support mechanical asset replacement projects, upgrades and refurbishment activities
• Repair, service and fault-find on commercial boilers and associated equipment
• Maintain stock levels and inventory for mechanical maintenance activities
• Undertake plumbing maintenance and repairs as required across the estate

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

The role is based onsite at Minley, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, and Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, totalling 40 hours per week. An on-call rota will be required after six months in post.

Essential experience of the Gas Engineer:

• Proven experience working as a Commercial Gas Engineer
• Experience servicing, maintaining and repairing commercial gas systems and boilers
• Experience delivering planned and reactive maintenance activities
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills
• Ability to work independently and safely within a busy operational environment

Qualifications for the Gas Engineer:

• COCN1 or CODNCO1 Core Commercial Natural Gas Safety qualification
• CCN1, CENWAT, CPA1, MET1 (Commercial) CODNCO1, ICPN1, TPCP1A
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 22/10/2026